LITTLE BLACK SAMBO Picture book new hb

Little Black Sambo

Original story by Helen Bannerman

NEW ILLUSTRATIONS BY Christopher Bing

Brand new  large format illustrated hardbackback. Hard to find in Australian bookstores! Check out our listings for other great editions of Little Black Sambo. Why not add us to your favourites list?  Books not sold at auction are automatically re-listed in our eBay store Book Source.

Once upon a time there was a little balck boy, and his name was little black Sambo...

So begins this delightful telling of one of the most controversial books in children's literature, Little Black Sambo,  the  lively and charming tale of a little boy who triumphs over several hungry tigers.The story, penned by Helen Brodie Bannerman for her two daughters in 1889, has captured the imagination of readers around the world and across many generations. But the pictures which accompanied her text were crudely stereotypical and hurtful to many. Caldecott Honor-winning artist Christopher Bing has spent almost fifteen years rediscovering the joy and energy of the original story. He respects that Bannerman was writing in an Indian setting and with Indian animals-after all, there are no tigers in Africa-and faithfully adheres to the original text. However, recognizing that the image of Sambo has been used as a symbol of repression of Africans and African-Americans, Christopher Bing celebrates Sambo as proudly African, a child of beauty and joy, wit and resourcefulness. <br>In recreating the illusion of an antique, weathered, tiger-clawed storybook filled with exquisitely detailed paintings that draw upon a lush jungle-inspired palette, Christopher Bing s interpretation of Sambo s world seamlessly melds a grand sense of wonder with the minutiae of nature, and a story with history.

Big, bold, lush illustrations.

CONDITION:    Brand new copy fresh from the American publisher.   Published  by Handprint Books  size 340mm x 24, 32 pages, complete with dustjacket.

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